Research Progresses of Robots with Active Deformable Materials
SU Xiaoyu1, PAN Quan1, WANG Hongwei2, REN Zhongjing3,4
1. Key Laboratory of Information Fusion Technology, Ministry of Education, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China; 2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Communications, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China; 3. National Key Laboratory of Aerospace Flight Dynamics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China; 4. Active Nanomaterial & Devices Lab, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken 07030, USA
苏笑宇, 潘泉, 王宏伟, 任仲靖. 主动变形材料机器人技术研究进展[J]. 机器人, 2021, 43(1): 112-128.DOI: 10.13973/j.cnki.robot.200118.
SU Xiaoyu, PAN Quan, WANG Hongwei, REN Zhongjing. Research Progresses of Robots with Active Deformable Materials. ROBOT, 2021, 43(1): 112-128. DOI: 10.13973/j.cnki.robot.200118.
Abstract：Recent research progresses of the cross-disciplines between robots and active deformable materials at home and abroad are introduced. The robots with active deformable materials are classified into three kinds by their deformability, i.e. telescopic, curving and twisting robots. Besides, the applications of representative additive manufacturing technologies to the robots with active deformable materials are illustrated, including 3D printing, doping and microfabrication. Finally, the unsolved research difficulties and the predicted future trends in this field are given.
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